Herbert Rowse Armstrong,
Or Bernard H. SpiUbury
Peroxide of Jiydrog-on; i« arwemo a constant impurity of that!
—Certainly not a eonntant one.
Is it an impurity of iU—It linn boon i'oun<l in it.
That i* what was waid to have been in thin bottle -peroxide of
hydrogen?—Yes.
Artificial colouring which i« imod—ihafc sometimes contains
traces of arsenic, doen it, not—uaod for cooking purposes or used
for colouring such things as port winoJ—J hope not,- I do not
think so.
Is it usual in colouring II—Home pigmonU oonmst of an arsoni-
cal preparation, but thojniro nol, uwod in the preparation of food"
All I want i« artilicial colouring of cither food or drink?—!
Certainly no arsenical preparation would over bo used* I mean
properly, of course.
There may he a miHlako like Uio CUIHO Dr. Hinuku was talking
about of arwonio in beer?—Quito. 5
Yp\i may got a hirgo quantity in ftxxl?—Thwo is always a
possibility of accident.
You got large traoew aometimow in food nnd drink which cause
death?—It haw boon ao, of oonms.
Like the arsenic in boor ?—YOB.
By Mr. JUBTIOH DAHLINU—How <H<1 it got; in fcho boerI—That
was from glucose which was used in making Uio buer. Since that
time a departmental inquiry has lod to regulations, which have
rendered fchab almost impossible of roourronco,
Oroswxamination continued—Like tko regulation of always
signing the poison book, but you gob poison ?~«ThoHo are in the
hands of matvy people.
The last matter is the vomiting; the quoBHon of the colour of
the vomit depends, does it not, a greal', doal in tho oarly stages
upon what people have been eating or drinking J—Obvicmsly, the
first vomit is the food. '
I do not mean only the first vomit. Tho vomit for the first
hour or two?—That again depends on how often you vomit in two
or three hours.
But the first two or three hours may depend a groat doal upon
what you have been eating and drinking?—Yo&,
And you may get quite naturally in the early «ta#os of vomit-
ing a (lark vomit as a result of what you have eaten T__Yes,
Nothing to do with blood at all?—You,
When you get blood-stained vomit, that usually ia in the later
stages, is it not, after there has been considerable straining ?—Are
you speaking of araemcal^ poison ing?
No; of ordinary vomiting?—-It is hot common to get blood-
stained vomit as a result of ordinary conditions*
You do eometimes, very violent seasickness, for instance?—-
You may, if it is very severe.
Very severe eickneaa will give blood-stained vomiting ?~~It u
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